Experts ponder reason for bin Laden's silence
Washington report notes bin Laden has issued no audio statements since October 29 204 and reflects on the implications of his silence amid U.S. counterterrorism questions while the Bush administration orders ethics briefings for officials handling classified information. A separate item covers a tentative US China clothing and textile import deal expected to be signed in Geneva after five rounds of talks in Washington.
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Leaders end Americas Summit without trade zone agreement
At Mar del Plata Argentina leaders from 28 nations failed to agree on resuming talks for a Free Trade Area of the Americas stretching from Canada to Chile. Disputes persisted over timing, with US backing an April deadline while Brazil and several others resisted before WTO talks in December. Protests erupted as security kept order in the city.
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Paris riots stretch into a 10th night with arson surge
Acheres near Paris reports arson as youths armed with gasoline bombs strike from suburbs to popular Mediterranean cities. Police deploy helicopters and hundreds of officers, with more than 250 arrests across France.
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Iraqi Forces Attack Husaybah To Seal Border Route
About 3,500 U S and Iraqi troops backed by jets pressed a major assault Saturday on Husaybah a town near the Syrian border. Officials say the operation aims to dislodge al Qaida in Iraq and its allies and to block the main entry route for foreign fighters into western Iraq along the Euphrates corridor. The town is viewed as key to controlling the region and pressuring al Zarqawi led network.
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India delays quake relief plan at Kashmir frontier
MUZAFFARABAD Pakistan India sharply curtails plans to open the Kashmir frontier with Pakistan to aid earthquake survivors. Snow forecasts on the Pakistan side intensify shelter shortages as UN and aid groups struggle with limited budgets to reach hundreds of thousands before winter.
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Pirates attack luxury cruise ship off East Africa
Two pirate boats armed with grenade launchers and machine guns fired on the Seabourn Spirit about 100 miles off the Somali coast. The ship outran the attack by increasing speed and changing course. one crew member was injured by shrapnel.
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